Well let me describe first then if you still want to see I shall discreetly crop and send so it shows the wound and bruising.

First up, I appear to be very lucky with only one small incision at the top and middle of the scrotum. Its secured by a dissolvable stitch. The wound itself is about the size of your smallest fingernail.

On day 2 the scrotum had turned black and.blue around the site of the wound.

I'm on day 4 and it doesn't appear to have worsened.

Pain wise, I have again been very lucky. I followed doctors orders with bed rest for first couole of days. Its more of a dull ache than anything.

A friend had a vasectomy last week and I'm assured he was unable to walk and was in severe pain.

I'm up and dressed today but taking it easy and off work.

Support afterwards is crucial. Buy some briefs if you don't have any and use them for sleeping at night as the weight of your nutsack hanging down stresses already sensitive areas.

I think how you will be afterwards depends on many things such as the technique used, the surgeon, whether or not you get an infection etc.

I am a little worried (Who wouldn’t be) as I need to be back at work soon after as it’s the run up to the holidays and we are REALLY busy.

It’s going to be a good excuse for a 3 day weekend and will give me some time to just recline In my chair and finish Halo 4 and play Far Cry 3.

Does ice or heat help..?

And I am picking up some briefs today as I only have shorts…

Ok well depends what day you get done? If you have swelling then a bag of frozen peas or ice would help. Again, I am lucky and have very little swelling.

I wouldn't rush back to work too soon even if you feel good, just moving around can put stress on those sensitive areas and may prolong healing or worst case, complicate matters.

After day 2 have a nice warm soak in a bath, no chemicals. Use a cotton ball to clean - no soap. If you are worried about infection you could always use a little savlon.

don't dress the wound unless you need to help it clot. Its almost impossible to dress anyway but it heals so much faster without dressing. Expect a little staining in the first 24 hours as clotting takes hold.

I had it done on a Friday and was back at work on the Monday. Was a but achey but not so much so that it was worth staying at home with my partner of the time. Although to be honest, by that point in our relationship my scrote could have split open and dripped goo all down my legs and I would still have gone to work. Fun times.

Fair play, my brother helped me move into university (driving the van, carrying heavy boxes) a couple of days after his V (may have even been the day after). If it wasn't for this thread I would have never known just what a big thing that was for him to do.

Four months on and I've tested negative, so all good on that front. I do have a slightly painful lump in there though - doc reckons it's either a sperm granuloma or a epydididid... er... cyst. Nothing to worry about but need to keep an eye on it and it only hurts if it gets squeezed.

I have a fairly unusual story on this. I had one done about 5 years ago when I was happily married with two children and we were happy with two. Events then took an clearly unexpected turn. My wife, tragically and out of the blue, passed away.
A few years on, I've remarried. Now I've discovered my vasectomy was unsuccesful and I'm going to be a Dad again, crazy, but true. I think I am in the 0.8% of people where this procesdure doesn't work, and given the cicumstances....bonkers really.